Richard de Fournival

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Richard de Fournival or Richart de Fornival (1201- ?1260) was a medieval philosopher and trouvère perhaps best known for the Bestiaire d'Amour ("The Bestiary of Love").[1]

Richard de Fournival was born in Amiens on October 10, 1201. He was the son of Roger de Fournival (a personal physician to King Philip Augustus) and Elisabeth de la Pierre, his mother. Richard had many great accomplishments in his life. Richard was successively canon, deacon, chancellor of the chapter of Notre Dame. He was also a Licensed surgeon, by the authority of Pope Gregory IX and this privilege was confirmed a second time in 1246 by Pope Innocent IV. Richard also wrote several other books besides the Bestiaire d' Amour, including, the Biblionomia, Nativitas, and De arte alchemica, and it is probable that he also wrote Commens d'amours, Consaus d'amours, Poissance d'amours, and De vetula.[2]

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  1. ^ Purdue University Press
  2. ^ De Fournival, Richard. Le Bestiaire d’ Amour. Trans. Jeanette Beer. California: University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1986.
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